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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Drawing & drawings > General
This book presents a major new thematic and chronological catalogue
survey of the Columbus Museum's most significant holdings of
drawings and works on paper, including examples in graphite,
charcoal, monotype and pastel. At the heart of the Columbus
Museum's collection, and of this volume, is the work of a
remarkable individual, Dr. Phillip L. Brewer, who has amassed a
truly significant collection of American works on paper - both in
terms of its depth and breadth. For the first time this volume
presents nearly 200 of these master drawings, 120 of the most
important of which are grouped into six chapters, illustrated in
full colour, and accompanied by extended catalogue entries written
by leading experts. A further 79 works are presented as colour and
mono thumbnails interspersed amongst the images of the key works.
Included are images by Copley, West and Cole that date from the
earliest years of American nationhood; works by Oscar Bluemner,
Arthur Dove and Morton Schamberg which herald the advent of
modernism; while others by Hans Hoffmann, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Blanche
Lazzell and Rico Lebrun confirm its continued presence through such
varied expressions as social realism, surrealism and abstraction.
While artists like Milton Avery, Jack Beal, Paul Cadmus, Philip
Evergood, Nancy Grossman, and Louise Nevelson explore the strength
and beauty of the human form, James Valerio and Andrew Wyeth
document the changing faces of the natural world. Together these
works, and Lines of Discovery, offer a comprehensive survey of the
history of American art.
A lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee -
artist, storyteller and self-confessed 'ragamuffin from south-east
London'. Based on Vic Lee's series of prints of London, this book
covers a variety of different streets and areas across the city,
from Walthamstow Village in the north to Lordship Lane in East
Dulwich in the south, from Broadway market in the east to
Portobello Road in the west. Through over twenty different areas,
he brings to life the local life and architecture. Interwoven
around the places are stories and anecdotes that he has picked up
during his researches and conversations along the way, as well as
some that may or may not be true... Areas included in the book are:
Saint Pauls Cathedral Soho Battersea Mayfair Portobello Road
Southbank Centre The Tate Lambs Conduit Street Exmouth market
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch Broadway market Kingsland Road Columbia
Road Walthamstow Village Stoke Newington Islington Crouch end
Clapham Dulwich Village East Dulwich Brixton Peckham Maida Vale
Created in Vic Lee's inimitable, intricate illustration style this
book is a work of art for lovers of London life and its special
places
These thirty-three drawings, collected from hundreds of drawings,
are the fruition of sketching trips of the artist to the historic
and picturesque landscapes of the Holy Land. They reflect the
artist's admiration of the majestic sceneries he has witnessed
while touring the various regions of the country. His formative
years were spent in Jerusalem where the urban landscapes of
Jerusalem were first absorbed. During his student years in Haifa he
enjoyed many trips to the mountains of the Carmel and the Galilee.
In later years, being involved in the planning of the town of
Eilat, he had the opportunity to be in close contact with the
mountainous desert views of the Negev and the Arava.
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